Chess: 'The Winning Way' (sometimes)

'Winning sic(k)'? No personal attack please, GP. 🙂

Good column once again GP. I enjoyed your paddle round the backwaters of the Ruy Lopez. Personally, I've so far chosen to regain the pawn with Qg5 in the exchange variation where white plays 5. Nxe5. I appreciate it is probably technically better to go for the centre pawn rather than the g pawn but Black can develop the c8 bishop and castle Q side quickly?

In the Cordel line after


Is 5...c6 6. Be2 Bd6 a bit better than 5... Bd6 that you gave? I see there is a Timman game in the RHP master database with that.

http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com/chess-games-explorer/master-game-analysis.php?gameid=177725&halfmovenumber=7

Hi Monty,

Sorry, was not thinking. 🙂

Hi Ragwort.

Think it's a possible 6 and two 3's. The move c6 can be delayed.


6. dxe5 Bxe5 the attractive looking 7. f4 then 7...c6

My equal assessment looks OK I can see no immediate tactical refutation.

I did mention 5...Bxd4 highlighting a glaring tactical missed shot but decided
to take it out because I thought the blog was getting to long and it's a 2005
game. I try, if I can, use games that have been played on here more recently.

matzdr - buckfush RHP 2005

Black missed ...

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